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Amazon Prime Video in the United States has begun streaming the first episode of the second season of Tonbo!, the anime from Ken Kawasaki and Oi! by Yū Furusawa. Manga Tonbo (Hey! Tonbo), on Friday.
Amazon Prime Video is no longer streaming the show's first season in the US, but the show is still available to stream elsewhere, including on Tubi TV.
The second season premiered on TV Tokyo on October 5 and will premiere on BS TV Tokyo on October 7. The anime will air in Japan on ABEMA and U-NEXT. The second season will also be available on multiple platforms globally, including Tubi TV, ADN, Bahamt, iQIYI, bilibili, VIU and TRUE iD.
The employee describes the second part:
Tonbo leaves Tokara and embarks on a new golf journey in Kumamoto! Since leaving the island, Tonbo's life has changed at breakneck speed! After becoming a high school student and moving to Kumamoto for a new life, Tonbo is now playing a round with other junior golfers at the practice range. While Tonbo strategizes on the course using the free-flowing golf style cultivated at Tokara, skilled Hinoki, an experienced golfer a year older than Tonbo, is ready to fight back with everything she has to offer. Have! A fierce duel between the two is taking place.
Tonbo's coach, Hajime, was amazed by her potential and decided to send her to compete in the Kyushu Women's Championship in May. Through playing golf with old rivals such as Tsubura, with whom she played the same round on the island, and new opponents like Hinoki, whom she met in Kumamoto, Tonbo is ready to spread her wings even more!
Most of the anime's main cast returns. The new cast includes Yui Ishikawa as Hinoki Otoha, Marina Inoue as Emi Kurisu, Eiji Hanawa as Hajime Udo, Sanae Kobayashi as Shima-san.
Japanese pop duo Sacra e Sole performs the second season's opening theme song “Seven Pieces.” TOKYO jazz-funk trio GROOVE JYOSHI performs the second season's ending theme song “It's Time to Fight” win”.
The first season premiered on April 6. Amazon Prime Video streamed the anime as it aired.
Jin-Koo Oh (Beyblade Burst GT, Beyblade Burst Sparking, Beyblade Burst QuadDrive, Beyblade Burst QuadStrike) directs the first season at OLM. Mitsutaka Hirota (Sweetness & Lightning, Anime-Gataris, Rent-A-Girlfriend) is responsible for writing the series' script. Akira Takeuchi (Naisho no Tsubomi, Inazuma Eleven GO) designed the characters. Nobuko Toda composed the music.
Story writer Kawasaki and artist Furusawa launched the ongoing manga in Weekly Golf Digest, a general interest golf magazine of Golf Digest Sha Co., Ltd., in August 2014.
Source: Amazon Prime Video via @WTK